Rosé (BLACKPINK) breaks Kpop records, leading Asia with no one to match the great achievement

According to Soompi, at around 14:52 on January 31, Rosé ( Blackpink) and Bruno Mars' MV "APT." exceeded 1 billion views on YouTube. The MV "APT." achieved this achievement after 105 days of release, as of October 18, 2024.

Rosé became the fastest K-pop artist and Asian artist to reach 1 billion views in history, surpassing the best record that PSY's MV "Gangnam Style" ever recorded at 158 days.

"APT." is also the fifth fastest music video to reach 1 billion YouTube views globally, behind Adele's "Hello" (87 days), Luis Fonsi's "Despacito" (96 days), Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" (97 days) and J Balvin and Willy William's "Mi Gente" (102 days).

With "APT.", Rosé is currently the K-pop artist with the fastest music product to reach 1 billion views/streams on 2 major music platforms, YouTube and Spotify.

"APT." reached 1 billion streams on Spotify on Jan. 26. Rosé's song recorded this achievement after 100 days of release, breaking the previous K-pop record set by Jungkook (BTS) and rapper Latto (108 days).

Last week, "APT." climbed to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 - a weekly ranking of the most popular songs in the United States. Rosé holds the record as the female Kpop artist (both group and solo) with the best performance on this chart.

Earlier this week, Billboard also announced that "APT" had reached No. 1 on Pop Airplay, making Rosé the first K-pop artist of any gender to top the chart.

In addition, "APT." remained at No. 1 on Billboard's Global Excl. US chart this week, becoming the first K-pop song to top the chart in 13 weeks.

"APT." also held No. 2 on the Billboard Global 200 global chart, No. 2 on the Digital Song Sales chart (the second best-selling song of the week in the U.S.), and No. 6 on the Streaming Songs chart.

At the same time, "APT." rose to No. 7 on Radio Songs (a chart that measures radio plays in the U.S. across all music genres, not just the Pop Top 40).

Rosé's song "Toxic Till The End" peaked at No. 38 on the Global Excl. U.S. and No. 63 on the Global 200 for its seventh week. Meanwhile, "Number One Girl" ranked 109th on the Global Excl. US and 172nd on the Global 200 in its 9th week.

Rosé's solo album "rosie" held on to No. 19 on the Billboard 200, becoming the first album by a female Kpop solo artist to hit the chart in seven weeks. Eventually, Rosé rose to No. 23 on Billboard's Artist 100, marking her 15th week on this chart as a solo artist.

This is also an important step in Rosé's career, affirming her position not only in Kpop but also in the international music market. This achievement once again proves the strong attraction of the female singer and promises many explosive projects in the future.

Rosé's APT. with pop star Bruno Mars has taken Korea by storm not only in South Korea but around the world. According to Yonhap News, the secret of APT.'s success is the clear Korean pronunciation of the word "apartment", which makes it interesting and curious for global music fans. Released the product at the same time, but Rosé's APT. is being talked about with many outstanding achievements far superior to the 2 members of the same group as BlackPink, Jennie and Lisa.

Rosé from the quietest member since BlackPink split solo has surpassed her teammates to cover the music market. In particular, APT. is an important milestone in the process of Kpop from a fandom-centric culture to a global trend when loved by the public all over the world.

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